Animal-poke.



Patented July l, |902.

Jfl. BARNES.

NlMAL POKE.

(Application med Nov. 2s, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.`

ANIMAL- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters POKE.

Patent No. 703,367, dated Juiy 1, 1902.

Application filed November 2B, 1900. Serial No. 38,030. (No modeL T0 @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, JOHN I. BARNES, a citi-` zen of the United States, residing at Blooming Grove, in the county of Navarro and` State of Texas, have invented a new anduseful Animal-Poke, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to animal-pokes, and has for its object to provide an improved device of this character which is arranged for convenient application toan anima-l, so as not to interfere with the grazing and drinking thereof, and will effectually prevent the animal from destroying fences and also from i/Vith these and other objects in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim, it being understood that changesin the form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within the scope of the claim without departing from the spirit or Vsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View illustrating the application of the present device. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of an animal-poke constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal sectional view thereof.

Like characters of reference'designate corresponding parts in all of the figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, l designates a wooden bar forming the body or face piece of the poke and is designed t0 fit against theA bridge of the face of an animal, as'shown in Fig. l, and extends from the nostrils upwardly to a suitable point adjacent to the horns of the animal. Adjacent to the lower end of the face-bar are the opposite staples or eyes 2, which project from the opposite edges of the bar and are designed for connection with the opposite ends of an adjustable jaw-embracing strap 3, which holds the lower end of the device in place. At the opposite upper end of the bar there is a metal crossbar 4, which is secured to the front sideV of the face-bar by means of suitable fastenings 5 vand has its opposite portions extended at shown. K v flxedat its lower end to the jaws ofthe ani.

opposite sides of the face-bar and beut'or inclined rearwardly, so as to lie` against the head of the animal and prevent the device from being twisted. The outer extremity of each arm formed bythe cross bar or head is provided with a longitudinal slot or opening 6 for the loose reception of an adjustable looped strap 7, which is designed to tightly embrace the adjacent horn offthe animal, as

By thisarrangement the face-bar is mal, while its upper end Vis connected to the horns thereof, and the cross-bar rests against the animals head, so as to render thedevice rigid. It will be understood that the jaw'- embracing strap is sufficiently loose to per.

vmit of the animal grazing and drinking, and

for this reason the cross head, or bar is employed to prevent twisting of the device.

A rigid'guard S projects above-the upper vend of the face-bar and is formed by a metal rod which` is-seated in a groove in the front side of the face-bar and has its lower end passed rearwardly through a perforation 9 inI A longitudinal `groove l1l is formed in the lower portion ofthe front side ofthe face-bar and opens outwardly throughv thelower end thereof and isdesigned for the reception of a swinging guard 12, which has its upper end provided with an eye 13, locatedwithin the upper end of the groove and'connected to the bar by means of a transverse pivot-pin 14. This swinging guardi isrformed from a single bar of metal, which projects a suitable distance below the face-bar and has its lower free extremity bowed forwardly and upwardly, so that should it strike the ground it will swing forwardly, thereby preventing the animal from stumbling and also facilitatingA the grazing thereof. Apointed prod or spur l5 projects rearwardly from an intermediate portion of the back of the swinging guard and plays loosely through a perforation 16 in the face-bar, the guard and the pin or spur being normally and yieldingly held outwardly from the face-bar by means of a suitable spring 17, secured to the back of thegroove and bearing against the back of the guard.

ing opposite terminal longitudinal grooves K formed in the outer surface thereof and eX- v tending outward through the respective ends of the bar, an upstanding forwardly-curved fixed guard seated in the upper groove flush with the outer surface of the bar, the inner end of the guard being passed through the bar and rebent intoa socket in the back thereof and flush with its inner surface,l a rigid cross-bar disposed near the upper terminalof the face-bar and securedv thereto at lopposite sides of the said gu ard serving thereby to clamp the same in place, the terminals of the bar being bent rearward to lie against the head of the animal, horn-embracing loops connected to the outer ends of the cross-bar, a swinging spring-pressed guard hinged within the lower groove and provided with arearwardly-projecting prod working in an opening in the Afaeebar 'and with an outwardcurved extremity, the two guards being braced by the opposite side walls of therespeotive grooves, and a jaw-embracing strap secured to the'face-bar near its lower end, substantially as and for the purposespeciied. In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

' JOHN I. BARNES.'V Y

B. F. HARTZELL, R. C. LoYD. 

